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John Mackie, Baron John-Mackie
John Mackie, Baron John-Mackie (24 November 1909 – 25 May 1994) was a British Labour MP. Born on a farm in Scotland, Mackie was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the North Scotland College of Agriculture before himself becoming a farmer. He joined the Labour Party, and stood unsuccessfully in North Angus and Mearns at the 1951 United Kingdom general election, and Lanark at the 1955 United Kingdom general election. He finally won election in Enfield East at the 1959 United Kingdom general election. Mackie was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the Labour Government 1964-1970. He stood down in 1974, and in 1976 he was appointed as chair of the Forestry Commission. On 18 May 1981, he was created a life peer with the title Baron John-Mackie, of Nazeing in the County of Essex. His younger brothers were Sir Maitland Mackie and the Liberal MP George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie George Yull Mackie, Baron Mackie of Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |